Rovin Kimberly, Hardee Karen, Kidanu Aklilu
Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Afr J Reprod Health. 2013 Sep;17(3):15-29.
Global climate change is felt disproportionately in the world's most economically disadvantaged countries. As adaption to an evolving climate becomes increasingly salient on national and global scales, it is important to assess how people at the local-level are already coping with changes. Understanding local responses to climate change is essential for helping countries to construct strategies to bolster resilience to current and future effects. This qualitative research investigated responses to climate change in Ethiopia; specifically, how communities react to and cope with climate variation, which groups are most vulnerable, and the role of family planning in increasing resilience. Participants were highly aware of changing climate effects, impacts of rapid population growth, and the need for increased access to voluntary family planning. Identification of family planning as an important adaptation strategy supports the inclusion of rights-based voluntary family planning and reproductive health into local and national climate change adaptation plans.
全球气候变化对世界上经济最不发达的国家影响尤为严重。随着在国家和全球层面适应不断变化的气候变得日益重要，评估地方层面的人们如何应对变化至关重要。了解地方对气候变化的应对措施对于帮助各国制定增强应对当前和未来影响的复原力的战略至关重要。这项定性研究调查了埃塞俄比亚对气候变化的应对情况；具体而言，社区如何应对气候变化，哪些群体最易受影响，以及计划生育在增强复原力方面的作用。参与者高度意识到气候变化的影响、人口快速增长的影响以及增加获得自愿计划生育服务的必要性。将计划生育确定为一项重要的适应战略，有助于将基于权利的自愿计划生育和生殖健康纳入地方和国家气候变化适应计划。
